Setting an away message in Gmail
Written by Jon Pence
Updated at September 29th, 2026
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Audience: All Staff
System Preference: All systems
Getting Started
Click on the Settings icon(1) and then click on See all settings(2)
Next Stay in the General tab and scroll to the very bottom and look for Vacation Responder
Activate the away rule by turning on the vacation responder. Here you can set a start and end time as well as compose an away message that will be sent.
Video
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